diff --git a/filesystem/e2fsimage/com_err.patch b/filesystem/e2fsimage/com_err.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e214d5e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filesystem/e2fsimage/com_err.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../e2fsimage/com_err.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2009 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+--- ./configure.orig	2009-11-20 17:38:51.000000000 +0100
++++ ./configure	2009-11-20 17:39:25.000000000 +0100
+@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
+ search_lib ext2fs && \
+ search_lib com_err || \
+ 	err "The ext2progs librarys were not found. Try installing e2fsprogs-dev" 
++search_lib pthread
+ 
+ ##### Try to compile them all together and show the versions.
+ cat >conftest.c <<EOF